Hi, I’m First Dog on the Moon, but you can call me PenelopeThis morning’s Crikey editorial meeting turned into a fun game of “What Would You Be Called If You Were Born a Boy/Girl?”. Pretend you’re in the newsroom and join in the shenanigans.
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Kennett, Bracks, Jeffed — it’s 10th anniversary season
This is a big call, no doubt, but Jeff Kennett led one of the most reformist and revolutionary governments in any stable western democracy over the past 50 years.
The women issue: a Crikey reader responds
With the women working double shifts — paid work, followed by the unpaid work of running a household — is it any surprise they don’t have time to engage with political issues? asks Jenny Ejlak.
“Hi, I don’t usually reply, but …” Women weigh in to Crikey
Last week we asked, why don’t women read Crikey? We’ve had a truckload of responses, and at the heart of this is a discussion about, well, the nature of discussion.
Battle of the new media heavyweights
One month since the launch of News Ltd’s new siteThe Punch and a few months since we relaunched our very own Crikey website, the Australian media commentariat are now dutifully weighing in on who is winning the readership wars.
Crikey Says: The new Crikey website
Here are the top 5 things you need to know about the new website.
Know your subscribers
A journey in whimsy
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Too much air time makes Barack an unpopular man, note to Kev.
Crikey salutes Mark “Toons” Cornwall
Today Mark Cornwall and Crikey are parting ways. We wish him well, writes Jonathan Green.
Qantas memo: ‘Aircraft in the fleet had similar defects’
Here is another leak from Qantas, this time about the leak that came within minutes of putting 360 people on board QF2 on 7 January in the seas off Thailand, writes Ben Sandilands.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Look, we should have said this before, but what happened back then was wrong. Some of it was well intentioned, but it was still the wrong thing to do. We see that now and we also see the scars it has left on so many of you. We want to move on. There’s a lot we can do together, a lot we can achieve to our mutual benefit. But before that can happen we need to say, quite simply as a country, a government, a people, that we’re sorry.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Next week the US primary season hits its straps with Super Tuesday - primaries across 24 states - a day that could well determine the candidates who will contest November’s presidential poll. Crikey’s here to help you decipher the process.
The election result is in the mail
It seems that the Howard government’s postal vote strategy was very effective where it counted - in marginal seats, writes Peter Brent.
The year in Crikey illustrations
Everyday we claw desperately at our brains for inspiration, hoping to produce something faintly witty for the main Crikey webpage illustration. Sometimes we come close to funny.
AMP IT staff go to Bollywood
A Crikey reader alerted us to a very strange video….
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Rudd might look for the moment like a man boldly constructing a new Westminster from the dark satanic rubble of the ancien regime, but the test will come. Someone, sometime in Team Rudd will test the bounds of the Code of Kevin Conduct … how will the Prime Minister act then?
Who should join the ABC board in 2008?
Two ABC Board positions become vacant early in the new year. This represents a quarter of the Board, and could shift the centre of gravity of the organisation. So how will the new Government prove itself in the making of these vital appointments? asks Margaret Simons.
First jokes, now apologies: The Overington/Newhouse affair gets serious
What are we to make of this little apology on page two of The Australian today, in which Caroline Overington expresses sincere regrets for her “encounter” with Labor candidate for Wentworth, George Newhouse, on polling day, writes Margaret Simons.
BRW: You’ve got male
BRW has once more submitted to a revamp. The result is a more masculine product – and fewer women, writes Jane Nethercote.
What should be in Kevin Rudd’s ministerial code?
With Kevin Rudd again delaying the release of his ministerial code of conduct, perhaps it’s time to spell out a few key areas that should be addressed. The first principle is that “sunshine is the best disinfectant” – the onus should always be on maximising timely disclosure.
Putting the heart into advertising
Crikey has noticed heart creep in advertising — beyond the normal boundaries of February 14. Let us count the ways, writes Jane Nethercote.
Kookaburra caught up in new flap
It appears that everything that Kookaburra, Peter Cousens’ new National Musical Theatre Company, touches (or indeed, everything that touches them) turns into a flap of feathers and ends in a nest falling dramatically and violently.
Kevin’s Jetstar Bali stopover
Crikey put in a call to the PM’s press office this morning to ask if the Australian delegation would be travelling on a commercial flight or adding to emissions by using one of the VIPs. We’re still waiting for the call back.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Crikey / Wednesday, 19 December 2007
On Monday, Crikey published an account of a conversation between AFL chief Andrew Demetriou and the code’s player association head Brendan Gale. Since then they’ve been denying it, a sad reflection of the conduct of public life.